Veterans Memorial, Keyes Park, Du Quoin, IL
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 00.814 W 089° 14.250
16S E 303577 N 4209682
Du Quoin is pronounced "Dew Coin". It is often said incorrectly.
Waymark Code: WM4EVB
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 08/14/2008
Views: 56
County of Memorial: Perry County. Location of Memorial: Washington St., Keyes Park, Du Quoin.
Monument Text:
KEYES PARK City Dedication Veterans Memorial
The land for this City Park was donated by Chester A. Keyes who is considered the "Father of Du Quoin." He platted the city and it was officially dedicated on September 20, 1853.
Du Quoin was incorporated as a town in 1865 and the first Mayor was G.S. Smith. Du Quoin inherited its name from an old Kakskaskian Indian Chief named Chief Jean Baptiste DuCoigne.
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY
WORLD WAR I Cpl. Henry Isaacs Pvt. Howard McCollum Pvt. Roy Mitchell Rollen E. Naylor S2C Pvt. Arthur R. Parker Pvt. Harry H. Polley Pvt. Harry Ray Pvt. Ernest W. VancilWORLD WAR IIPVT. Aaron J. Bourland PVT. Gerald Brock PVT. Francis P. Brown PVT. Dominic Bruno CPL. joseph Cejka CPL. Leroy Clark SGT. William Commean PVT. Charles T. Davis SGT. John Davis PVT. Loren L. Davis PFC. Edward Downs PFC. Sherman P. Dunson PFC. John Fiorio LT. Walter Newton Forester CPL. Clifford V. Hardyn LT. John Carroll Harriss LT. R. P. Hartman Frank Heilig, Jr. S2C PVT. Thomas Jefferson F.O. Donald B. Jones SGT. Wilbert Killer
| Essie Dean Loucks, SIG. SGT. Sam Macaluso SGT. Charles Maiden PFC. Leonard Manis Lawrence R. Mesner, SIG. PVT. Paul E. Mifflin LT. Roy Nimmo S-SGT. Robert Pace S-SGT. Charles C. Parsons PVT. Joe Reminger CPL. Todd Roberts Marshall Roy, RM2C PVT. Bernard N. Roznowski PVT. Carl Scarber PVT. H. William Schroeder Garnett Leo Shelton, Cox'N PVT. Emmanuel L. Simmons T-SGT. Delmous South SGT. Otto Eugene Teel Donald F. Todd, HA1C F.O. Edward Watson | |
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KOREA
PFC. Haroldene Bailey PFC. John R. Dolomas PFC. Wayne L. Funkhouser PVT. Jack Hamilton PFC. Franklin J. Knight PFC. Clifford E. Melvin SGT. Merle E. Norris CPL. Donald (Jack) Purdy SGT. Donald E. Williams
VIETNAM
CAPT. Barry L. Brown PFC. Cecil E. Dorsey CPL. Glenn Revelle
CAMBODIA
SPEC.4 Eddie Huntley
PERSIAN GULF
LCPL. Drew Michael Uhles |
Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Persian Gulf.
In Honor Of: Dedicated to the Memory of Those Who Gave Their Lives.
Marker Text: please see above.
Who Put it Here?: The City of Du Quoin.
Description of Memorial: Flag pole rising from the center of a stubby marble obelisk, resting upon a huge stone circle base, surrounded by a circular sidewalk, with 5 sidewalks spiraling from the center like the spokes of a wheel.
Du Quoin is the site of the Illinois State Fair, and not far from the quiet park is the fairgrounds. Second, I am told, in size and attendance to the huge affair in Texas. This fair has held many midget auto races, and many trotting horse races, the main trotter race is among the largest in the world. Sort of the trotters version of the Kentucky Derby.
Date of dedication: Not listed
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